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Earlier this week, protests broke out in Cuba over shortages of essential items and electricity blackouts. Cuba is blaming the US over the shortages, as the trade embargo reaches it’s 63rd year. But, can these protests bring down the government?
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1 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68595885
2 – https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1769900861080183171?s=20
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5 – https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2021/02/10/day-zero-how-and-why-cuba-unified-its-dual-currency-system/
6 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68595885
7 – https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/01/03/cubas-private-sector-experiment-is-faltering
8 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/cuba-health-education-workers-leaving
9 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/cuba-health-education-workers-leaving
10 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/cuba-health-education-workers-leaving
11 – https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jan/comment-economic-crisis-cuba-government-missteps-and-tightening-us-sanctions-are-blame
12 – https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-19/communist-cuba-is-on-the-brink-of-collapse?sref=866aH6XX
13 – https://twitter.com/WHAAsstSecty/status/1769803343919005961
14 – https://apnews.com/article/cuba-protests-us-embassy-food-shortages-power-blackouts-edba9c9929aa875935ab3843a6a6398c
15 – https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jan/comment-economic-crisis-cuba-government-missteps-and-tightening-us-sanctions-are-blame
16 – https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/17/international-tribunal-finds-us-blockade-of-cuba-in-violation-of-international-law/
17 – https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/17/international-tribunal-finds-us-blockade-of-cuba-in-violation-of-international-law/
18 – https://eltoque.com/tasas-de-cambio-de-moneda-en-cuba-hoy
19 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/cuba-protests-food-electricity-shortage
20 – https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/01/03/cubas-private-sector-experiment-is-faltering
21 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/cuba-protests-food-electricity-shortage
00:00 – Introduction
01:12 – Cuba’s Economic Crisis
03:39 – US Embargo
05:12 – Cuba Government Policies
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